1. Stroll along the boardwalk, listen to some live music and shop inside and outside River Market, where more than 80 vendors are selling handmade items, food and drink at the New West Craft Summer Night Market. It’s on Saturday, July 7 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. You can also hop aboard the Q to Q ferry and take the short ride to Port Royal Park, where you’ll be able to listen to live and DJ music, eat and shop from a selection of vendors as part of this year’s expanded Summer Night Market.
2. Soak up the ambiance of the Front Street mews when Fridays on Front returns to New West this week – with even more offerings than last year. You can enjoy a glass of wine or beer, buy dinner at food trucks, take in some live entertainment, shop at vendors and mingle with fellow residents as you stroll along the 600-block of Front Street on Friday, July 6 from 5 to 9 p.m.
3. Drop by Steel & Oak Brewery and celebrate its fourth anniversary on Sunday, July 8 from 1 to 2 p.m. The bash features beer (of course), a barbecue and a bouncy castle for the kids. Social Medium will be spinning records from S&O’s vinyl collect and Ernest Ice Cream will be dropping by with its truck. It’s all happening at 1319 Third Ave.
4. Head to the Heritage Grill for a visit by poet, activist and researcher Salimah Valiani, the featured poet at this weekend’s Poetic Justice/ Poetry New West event. The winner of the Feminist Economics Rhonda Williams Prize, Valiani is promoting her newest book of poetry, Cradles. Poetic Justice is in the Heritage Grill Backstage Room, 447 Columbia St., at 2 p.m.
5. Enjoy a laugh when Jono Zalay takes to the stage at Lafflines Comedy Club. Named as one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch, Zalay, who has a doctorate in neuroscience, performs at Lafflines on Friday, July 6 at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 7 at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 and available at www.eventbrite.ca (search for Jono Zalay Lafflines) or at the door. Lafflines is in the Columbia Theatre, 530 Columbia St.
6. Get your game on at the all-ages board game meet-up taking place at River Market on Sunday, July 8 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bring your games, grab a bite to eat at the market and meet some new friends at this free event.
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